N.Y. Judiciary Law § 327: Compensation and payment of stenographers

§ 327. Compensation and payment of stenographers. Each stenographer

appointed as aforesaid shall receive such compensation for services

rendered while engaged in taking testimony before a grand jury, as shall

be determined by the board of supervisors or county legislature of the

county in which he is appointed, excepting that in the county of New

York, such compensation shall be fixed by the board of estimate and

apportionment of the city of New York, and such compensation shall not

be less than five nor more than ten dollars per day; and in addition

thereto such stenographer shall be entitled to and shall be allowed for

a copy of testimony furnished to the district attorney the same rate per

folio as is prescribed by the civil practice law and rules, and such

stenographer shall receive the same compensation for all copies of the

evidence in excess of three copies, furnished by him to the district

attorney. Such compensation shall be a county charge, and shall be paid

by the treasurer of such county upon the affidavit of the stenographer

and the certificate of the district attorney specifying the number of

days of actual service and the number of folios furnished; excepting

that in the counties of Broome, Cayuga, Delaware, Erie, Monroe, Oneida,

Otsego, Rockland, Schenectady, Tioga and Westchester the salaries of

said stenographers shall be fixed by the board of supervisors or county

legislature and in the counties of Monroe, Niagara and Oneida such

stenographers in addition to such salary, shall be entitled to and shall

be allowed for a copy of testimony furnished to the district attorney

the fees prescribed by the civil practice law and rules. Such

compensation shall be a county charge, and shall be paid by the

treasurer of said county upon the affidavit of the stenographers and the

certificate of the district attorney specifying the number of folios

furnished; and excepting that in the county of Queens said stenographers

shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, and in the

county of Ulster, twelve hundred dollars per annum; and excepting that

in the county of Kings the salaries of said stenographers shall be fixed

by the board of estimate and apportionment of the city of New York; and

excepting that in the county of Orange said stenographers shall receive

a salary in an amount as shall be prescribed in the annual county

budget. Such salaries shall be a county charge and shall be paid

monthly, and in Erie, Oneida, Rockland, Westchester and Niagara counties

semi-monthly, by the treasurer of said county in the same manner as the

salaries of other county officers are paid.